Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-06-16
A CURIOUS STORY.
A Strange But WeIl-Authenticated In
stance of Canine Second Sight.

an appreciation as man himself OF any
thing out of the usual order of things,
or partaking in any way of prefer
natural character. Whether the whole
animal creation are endowed with this
singular sagacity it is impossible>to say,
and would be equally impossible to
prove; but as regards dogs and horses
at any rate--if we are to believe the
many stories which have been related
on the very best authorities is GER
tain that those animals have been the
first to recognize-and to testify by their
fright and terror the force of such re-
cognition-that they are in the presence
of something beyond their ken; and
the next step is, with true animal
sagacity, to seek safety in flight, with
the usual accompaniment of scared
looks, dropped tails and ears, and
dropped heads.
In the following curious narrative
remarkable instance is given of dog
having evidently seen something not
seen by either his master or mistress,
which evidently at first caused him
great delight, but which, on closer in
vestigation, turned out to be empty
space, and produced in the dog all the
signs of abject fear. The peculiar cir
cumstances of the story, which were re-
lated to the writer by friend, whose
word he can have no reason to doubt,
are simply these:
A young lady, Miss F., was on a
visit to family of name and position,
Colonel and Mrs. C., who occupied
a large mansion in one of the home
counties. They possessed favorite
setter, pet of everybody, bat especially
of Miss F.. who was as fond of the
dog as the dog was of her. Wherever
Miss F. went, walking, driving or
riding, Flora was sure to be close at
hand. And in the drawing-room the
dog would sit by Miss F-'s side, lay
her long white nose on the lady's knee
and look up earnestly in her face,
making that peculiar sort of snoring in
the nose which pet dogs often attempt,
either to attract attention or to express
love. II, however, Flora was accident
ally shut out from any room in which
Miss F. happened to be she would
scratch at the door and whine and cry
in pitiful manner until the door was
opened.
Miss F. had been staying with
Colonel and Mrs. c. about three or
four weeks, when she became suddenly
i'll and determined to return without
delay to her home in the adjoining
county. Thither she was removed in
an invalid carriage; but although she
received every possible care and atten-
ton she appeared to get no better; her
malady was evidently increasing daily.
About a month after Miss F. had
left Colonel G-'s house, he and his
wife were one day in their morning
room, which looked out upon an extern
sive lawn. The bells of the neighbor-
ing village church had begun to ring
for the usual daily mathis, the time
being quarter before ten, and the
Colonel and his wife were preparing to
attend, according to their regular Gus.
tom, when they observed Flora-whc
was lying apparently asleep, close tc
the open glass doors leading to the
lawn-raise her head quickly, and,
with cooked ears and strained eyes,
look intently down the lawn, as if
she saw something there which attracted
; her attention. All at once she jumped
up, bounded over the grass, and com
menced leaping up two or three times
expressing all those signs of intens,
canine JOY usually exhibited on meet
ing, after an absence, some special,
loved object. In a moment, however
/ the dog ceased her gestures, dropped
her tail and head, manifesting ever,
sign of abject fear, and, turning round
rushed back to the house, into the room
= and crawled under the sofa, whenc,
neither calling nor coaxing on the par
of Mrs. C. could induce her to stir
: This peculiar conduct on the part o
, Flora, who was remarkable for her higl
: training and perfect obedience, sur
priscd and perplexed both the Colone
and his wife quite as much as tn,
> violent manifestations of joy, followe,
\ Immediately by every sign of the mos
. crouching terror, all of which wer
wholly unaccountable.
About two hours later in the day
telegram was received by Mrs. c.
containing the sad and unexpected in
telligcncc of the death of Miss F.
at a quarter to ten that morning. :
1t may fairly be asked what coul
have caused the dog suddenly to stan
up and rush down the lawn with all tn
: outward demonstrations of intense 10
usually exhibited on seeing and meet
ing a loved friend? Flora, withou
doubt, must have seen something, o
fancied she saw something, though il
> visible to the eyes of man, but, findin
: it had no tangible substance, her caniu
instinct told her that it was unnatura
and unusual, and hence fear took tn
place of joy, and she sought refuge /
fight. That the object of these token
Q of love on the part of the dog shout
a have passed to her rest at the identic;
:. moment they were exhibited by I'll
u faithful and attached Flora is coil
= cidence regarding which we will NJ
; pretend to offer an opinion.-Chamber
r Journal
i Frank Cooper, of Norristown, p
= was presented with very young XII
i too young, indeed. to leave its mothe
Cooper had e bulldog in condition
Q furnish milk. and he tried persuadir